I really liked it. The Great Gatsby isn't my favorite F. Scott Fitzgerald book, so given the source material, in my opinion, it couldn't be a great movie. I thought they did a good job of translating the feel and the vibe of that time period and those characters into modern depictions and actions. An "awesome" party in the 20's wouldn't necessarily be considered an "awesome" party now, so they made the party scenes decadent, free flowing insanity. I think some of the criticism of it lacking depth is missing the mark. I felt like the movie "gets" the feel of the novel. That's all you can ask really.

I saw the 1974 movie but this recent one had more emotion and really the characters that weren't one dimensional like the 1974 one. As they showed more emotional and came really more to life. But that is just IMHO! As really makes me in a sense want to go back to the Roaring Twenties!

Passepartout wrote:I saw the 1974 movie but this recent one had more emotion and really the characters that weren't one dimensional like the 1974 one. As they showed more emotional and came really more to life. But that is just IMHO! As really makes me in a sense want to go back to the Roaring Twenties!

Passepartout wrote:I saw the 1974 movie but this recent one had more emotion and really the characters that weren't one dimensional like the 1974 one. As they showed more emotional and came really more to life. But that is just IMHO! As really makes me in a sense want to go back to the Roaring Twenties!

District Attorney McCoy will always be the Gatsby to me.

Interesting thought given the fact played the part of Carraway. Redford played Gatsby.

Passepartout wrote:I saw the 1974 movie but this recent one had more emotion and really the characters that weren't one dimensional like the 1974 one. As they showed more emotional and came really more to life. But that is just IMHO! As really makes me in a sense want to go back to the Roaring Twenties!

District Attorney McCoy will always be the Gatsby to me.

Interesting thought given the fact played the part of Carraway. Redford played Gatsby.

I never actually warched it. I just remember that was the only thing other than L&O I'd ever seen him in. Good catch.